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HEALTHCARE REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN & FACILITY PLANNING

Memorial Healthcare System Celebrates Construction Milestone

New Parking Garage to Open August 2017

Board of Commissioners from the South Broward Hospital
District, executives and staff from Memorial Healthcare System
gathered recently to celebrate a construction milestone that will
improve the overall parking experience at Memorial Regional
Hospital, the system’s flagship.
Located on the northwest corner of the grounds, the structure
is adding 1,302 spaces to the existing 2,682 spaces on its
Hollywood campus nearly doubling the amount of available
parking. Once completed, the garage will total 570,330 square
feet and seven stories high. The ground floor will include a state-
of-the-art conference room, containing an auditorium with a
seating capacity of 400 people, a lobby area, a small kitchen, four
classrooms with one that can be partitioned into two, and a small
retail space for a food vendor to provide food options for visitors
and employees. In an effort to follow and promote a high-per-
forming, sustainable garage standards, the project will also fea- (l-r) Maggie Hansen, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, Nina Beauchesne, FACHE,
ture electric car charging stations and plenty of bicycle racks. Executive Vice Present of East Operations, C. Kennon Hetlage, FACHE, Executive Vice President West of
A signing ceremony served as the backdrop to commemorate
the construction progress of the $42 million parking garage Operations, Commissioner Jose Basulto, Commissioner Vic Narang, Zeff Ross, FACHE, Executive Vice President
expansion at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, FL. and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Regional Hospital, Commissioner Frank Ledee, Aurelio M. Fernandez, III,
Present at the ceremony were executive staff members, commis- FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Healthcare System, Shane Strum Senior Vice
sioners, and construction partners from Joint Venture Team of President of Memorial Healthcare System, Douglas A. Zaren, FACHE, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer
Stiles Thornton Joint Venture, who signed the spaces around a of Memorial Regional Hospital South, Kevin R. Janzer, Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer of
plaque affixed to a wall on the first floor of the new structure. Memorial Healthcare System, Chantal Leconte, FACHE, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer
The area will be covered with a clear protector to preserve the of Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and Pediatric Services, and
historical marker for years to come. Haroula Protopapadakis, Associate Administrator Memorial Regional Hospital.
The parking garage and extension on slated to be fully opera-
tional in August 2017.

Hundreds Attend Groundbreaking of Lee Health – Coconut Point

Community leaders, board members, executives and
staff from Lee Health, and construction partners
recently celebrated the groundbreaking and start of
construction on Lee Health – Coconut Point. A crowd
of about 200 South Lee residents and supporters gath-
ered at the 31-acre site on the corner of Coconut Road
and Health Center Boulevard in Estero.
Lee Health – Coconut Point will be a comprehensive
health and wellness destination in South Lee County
offering a broad array of medical services across the
continuum of care. The facility, which will open in fall
2018, will feature a freestanding, 24-hour emergency
department; surgery center, diagnostic imaging, labora-
tory, pharmacy, breast health center, cardiac testing and Manning the shovels at the Lee Health Coconut Point groundbreaking (l to r): John DeAngelis, DeAngelis Diamond; Dave
rehabilitation services. Lee Health – Coconut Point will Cato, Kris Fay, and Kevin Newingham, Lee Health; Skip Leonard, Lee Health Foundation; Alex Greenwood, Dr. Larry
also include short stay observation and recovery beds, Antonnuci and Jim Nathan, Lee Health; Donna Clarke and Therese Everly, Lee Health Board of Directors; Dave Kistel, Lee
a medical office complex for primary and specialty care Health; Village of Estero Mayor Jim Boesch; Dr. Sanford Cohen, Lee Health Board Chairman; Don Eslick, Estero Council of
physicians, and the Healthy Life Center—which con- Community Leaders; Lisa Sgarlata and Suzanne Bradach, Lee Health, and Jeff Rausch, FLAD Architects.
nects residents and visitors to valuable health screen-
ings, lectures, programs and services, and health care providers.

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